Rosa Parks: She Wouldn't Give In, and She Wouldn't Get Up

摘要

It was December 1, 1955, and 42-year-old Rosa Parks had just come off a long day at the Montgomery Fair Department Store, the Montgomery, Alabama, retailer where she worked as a seamstress [1). She routinely took the Cleveland Avenue bus home, but she tried to avoid it when James Blake was behind the wheel. Twelve years before, the white driver had gotten rough with her when she refused to follow the Jim Crow segregation rule that demanded Black passengers pay their fare in front, then disembark the bus and re-enter through the rear door. The driver had grown angry at her lack of cooperation and pulled her by the coat sleeve. Rather than give in, Rosa left the bus (2).